David Jewitt, professor of astronomy at UCLA, discusses the comet known as 3I/Atlas, which is only the third confirmed object ...

Data from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was used to create a water distribution map of the ...

Robo-AO-2 is designed to correct the blur caused by Earth’s atmosphere, sharpening images of hundreds of objects each night ...

The observation of the low-energy γ-ray (0.1 to 30 MeV) sky has been significantly limited since the Imaging Compton ...

The time international students spend in U.S. graduate physics or astronomy programs to complete their PhD varies somewhat.

The November 18, 2025, episode of Jeopardy! presented a challenge rooted in 17th-century astronomy, solved by the correct response, Johannes Kepler.

First up, just pointing a rocket at the Sun and blasting as hard as you can would result in a wild miss. The main problem you ...

An international team led by researchers from the University of Cologne has solved the mystery of an extraordinary phenomenon known as the "Diamond Ring" in the star-forming region Cygnus X, a huge, ...

The “Seven Sisters” have far more relatives than anyone imagined. Using NASA and ESA space telescopes, astronomers found ...

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) announced the inauguration of the Hong Kong Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (HKIAA ...

Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to destroy a planet’s atmosphere.